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Software Update: ReactOS 0.4.4

Feb

17

2017

Version 0.4.4 ReactOS has come true. The React Operating System is an open source operating system that aims to be compatible with Windows NT, 2000 and XP, so Windows applications and drivers to be rotated. Although there are already many software runs smoothly on such LibreOffice, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird and various games, the whole project finds according to the developers still in the alpha stage and is not suitable for everyday use. On this page can be viewed some screenshots from ReactOS. The release notes for this release can be found below.

ReactOS 0.4.4 Released

Today marks the fifth release of the ReactOS 0.4.x series, as well as the fifth Following the three month release cycle started by 0.4.0 itself. PROGRESS HAS continued steadily, with a great deal of work going on in the background to -improvesleep ReactOS ‘general usability and stability. Many of These improvements were on display at the convention FOSDEM in Brussels That firing place on the 4th and 5th of this month. Certainly one of the more notable additions albeit less visible was the incorporation of basic printing support by Colin Finck. At present ReactOS is only capable of sending commands to print a parallel port printer, but this is the first step towards universal support and Colin shouldering be applauded for his effort. A video demonstration of it can be viewed ‘ here .

Another generHere we have running ReactOS on real hardware, running what we can probably all agree are non-trivial applications. What’s more, Compared to the 0.3.x series, the overall improvement to the actual rendering of the applications is ook clear. Where in the past toolbars and buttons always looked Visibly ajar or improperly aligned, here the menus and icons look much, much more correctly. There are still some slight problems, but overall ReactOS is nearing the point where it is genuinely usable, not just Merely tolerable. That, more than anything else, is something That the team is proud to have achieved.

As usual, the general notes , tests , and changelog for the release can be found at Their respective links. For Those That want to try the releases, the bootcd and livecd images are available for your perusal. al remark can be made about the improvement of ReactOS anywhere in the Following two photos.